Join the grower and farm network
Grow Local is being shaped to help growers and farms connect with wholesalers, schools, and the wider local food system. Start with a simple enquiry if you want to supply produce, host visits, or offer farm-led learning.
A first transport comparison from the live WViS data
This is not a full carbon footprint. It is a transport-only comparison using the school-delivery rows already being logged, plus crop-and-season baseline assumptions.
That means the more real route data wholesalers put in, the stronger this public case becomes for Welsh growers, shorter supply chains, and a food system that keeps more value closer to home.
A public view of how local produce is moving
This first route map shows the public side of the network: growers, dispatch points, and schools already linked by wholesaler reporting in 2026.
What this kind of platform is building
Welsh Veg in Schools is a strong example of what this platform can support: better local supply chains, better public food visibility, and stronger links between growers, wholesalers, schools, and communities.
A route into supply, visits, and public food
The platform can help local growers and farms do more than just supply produce. It can support public food routes, school visits, and stronger local relationships around food, farming, and learning.
It also creates the basis for schools to find nearby growers, request visits, and understand their local food system more clearly.
How the pilot grew
This is for growers who are curious, not already set up.
You do not need to know everything yet. If the platform sounds like a fit, send an enquiry and the team can take it from there.
A few real details about your farm and what you offer.
Where you grow, likely crops, rough scale, and whether you can host schools or teach on-farm is enough to get started.
Who is involved
Food Sense Wales co-ordinates the project with partners including Castell Howell, Farming Connect Horticulture, local food partnerships, growers and public sector partners.
Farming Connect has also helped bridge the assurance gap so smaller growers can supply safe, compliant produce into public procurement routes with more confidence.
Where the project is active
Some of the farms already involved
Useful public links
Send your grower enquiry
If the project looks like a fit, send your details to the Grow Local team and they will review your interest directly.
Apply to join
Share enough detail for the admin team to review your interest quickly. This form is for the current organic Welsh Veg in Schools flow, including growers already organic or moving toward conversion.